Greg Clark

The Right Honourable

Greg Clark
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee[b]
In office
29 January 2020[a] – 30 May 2024
Preceded byNorman Lamb
Succeeded byChi Onwurah
Secretary of State for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities[c]
In office
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMichael Gove
Succeeded bySimon Clarke
In office
11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byEric Pickles
Succeeded bySajid Javid
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
14 July 2016 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySajid Javid[d]
Succeeded byAndrea Leadsom
President of the Board of Trade
In office
15 July 2016 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySajid Javid
Succeeded byLiam Fox
Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities
In office
15 July 2014 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byDavid Willetts
Succeeded byJo Johnson
Minister of State for Cities and Constitution
In office
7 October 2013 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChloe Smith
Succeeded bySam Gyimah
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMark Hoban
Succeeded bySajid Javid
Minister of State for Decentralisation
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNick Boles
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
6 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Member of Parliament
for Tunbridge Wells
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byArchie Norman
Succeeded byMike Martin
Personal details
Born
Gregory David Clark

(1967-08-28) 28 August 1967
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative (1988–present)[e]
Other political
affiliations		SDP (before 1988)
Spouse(s)Helen Clark
Children3
ResidenceRoyal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
London School of Economics
Websitewww.gregclark.org
Academic background
ThesisThe effectiveness of incentive payment systems: An empirical test of individualism as a boundary condition (1992)
  1. ↑ Office vacant from 7 July to 11 October 2022
  2. ↑ Science and Technology (2020-2023)
  3. ↑ Communities and Local Government (2015–2016)
  4. ↑ Also assumed the responsibilities of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd.
  5. ↑ Whip suspended from 3 September 2019 to 29 October 2019.

Gregory David Clark (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician who was the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from July to September 2022.[1] Later, he was the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells from 2005 until 2024.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Greg Clark twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. ↑ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8743.


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